Hi Guys,

Been lurking for a while, and shaving with a straight now for only about a week. Been wet shaving with a DE for a long time, and usually post over at ShaveMyFace.

Anyway, somehow I managed to nick my blade already, and I'm thinking it may have happened while stropping by putting too much pressure on the blade while doing the X pattern (2.5" strop). Really don't know for sure when it happened, but nonetheless, it happened.

I've tried to put a pic of it below, the nick or chip is very close to the top of the blade. My question is can I repair this with only a 4000/8000 Norton, or do I need something a little more coarse? All I have is the 4000/8000, so if I need something else I may just consider sending it out and having it done professionally.

Thanks for your help.

Kenton